Improvement in portable fountains



A. C. GOULD.

PORTABLE FOUNTAINS. I No.17 9,451. Patented July 4,1875.

N. PETERS, PHOTCLUTHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATE'I Orrro;

ARTHUR O. GOULD, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT I'N PORTABLE FOUNTAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 79,45 1 dated July 4,1876; application filed June 1'7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR O. GOULD, of Brookline, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Portable Fountains; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to an improved portable fountain for use-ingardens, conservatories, theater-scenes, parlors, and other placeswhich, when once filled with water and set in operation, affords a jetof water for a considerprovided with an opening through it, closed by avalve which opens downward, so as to open when the piston is raised up,and close.

when the piston descends; a pipe extending from the bottom of thecylinder, and terminating in a suitable jet-tube above the basin, and ameans for raising the piston, as will hereafter be described.

The accompanying drawing is a vertical section of the apparatus.

A is the cylinder, which may be constructed of any suitable material,and may be ornamented as desired, and B is the base supporting the same,which may be of any form suitable for the purpose. 0 is the basin,attached to the top of the cylinder, which rises a slight distance abovethe bottom of the basin, and D D are openingsin the cylinder, whichopenings may be covered by wire-gauze, through which the water in thebasin flows into the cylinder. E is a pipe which communicates with thebottom of. the cylinder, and extends from the same outside the cylinderto the basin, where it is connected to a suitable jettube, H. F is aweighted piston, sliding in the cylinder, and having suitable packingfor securing a tight joint. Extending through this piston is an openingwhich forms a communication with the upper and lower sections of thecylinder, and is closed by a valve, G, of any suitable form, soconstructed as to open downward when the piston is raised up, and

close tightly when the piston descends. Attached to this piston is achain or cord, I, which passes over a pulley, K, mounted in suitablebearings in the top of the cylinder, and is wound upon a drum, L, in thebasin.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The piston is raised tothe top of the cylinder by means of the drum and chain, and the cylinderthen filled with water, which flows from the basin through the openingsD D and valve G. The piston is then released, and immediately commencesto fall slowly by its weight to thebottom of the cylinder, the valve Gcloses, and the water in the cylinder is forced through the pipe E tothe jet-tube, from which it escapes in a jet of considerable height,which continues fora time, depending upon the size of the cylinder andweight of the piston, until the piston reaches the'bottom of thecylinder.

If it is desired to have the fountain resume its play the weightedpiston is raised to the top of the cylinder, the water above the pistonwill pass through the opening and valve G, which will open as the pistonis raised, and when the weighted piston is again allowed to fall the jetwill commence to play.

I have shown a drum, placed in the basin and operated by a winding-key,for raising the piston. This drum might be placed in the base of thefountain by using another pulley, and the chain or cord could be carriedthrough a tube on the outside of the cylinder. Any suitable device maybe used for raising the piston, and I do not wish to confine myself tothe device shown and described. v

This fountain may be made of any'size, and in any ornamental formdesired, and as its play will continue from a few minutes to severalhours, and after having been once filled therewith, weighted piston F,opening in the same, Valve G, and device for raising the piston,constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I atfix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR G. GOULD.

Witnesses:

CHAS. M. RoWLEY, O. W. JENKs.

